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The territory of the Eastern Han Dynasty during the Han and Emperor dynasties covered an area of 11.57 million square kilometers

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During the reign of the Han and Emperor Liu Liao, the territory of the Eastern Han Dynasty was unprecedentedly huge, as many as 11.58 million square kilometers, and people praised it as "the past of the crown, the dynasty of all nations", and the history was called "the dragon of Yongyuan".

The territory of the Eastern Han Dynasty during the Han and Emperor dynasties covered an area of 11.57 million square kilometers
The territory of the Eastern Han Dynasty during the Han and Emperor dynasties covered an area of 11.57 million square kilometers

In the third year of the Yongyuan Dynasty (91), Emperor Han and Emperor restored the Western Regions to protectorate. Seen in the Later Han Shu Xiao and Emperor Xiao Dynasty: "Three years... In December, he reinstated the Western Regions Protector, Riding Captain, and Penji Colonel. ”

In the fourth year of the Yongyuan Dynasty (92), Emperor He of Han established the "General Zhonglang to Protect the Xiongnu" to protect the Northern Xiongnu, and from then on, the Northern and Southern Xiongnu were under the control of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Seen in the Book of the Later Han and the Legend of the Southern Xiongnu: Three years... The great general Dou Xian wrote a letter to the imperial court as Beidan Yu. In four years, he was awarded the seal ribbon... The envoy Nakaro will be appointed to protect Tun Yiwu with a shangjie, such as Nandan Yu story. ”

In the sixth year of Yongyuan (94), all the more than 50 countries in the Western Regions were subordinate. Among them, Wusun had entered the Eastern Han Dynasty in the eighth year of the founding of Emperor Hanzhang (83), and Dawan was also within the scope of more than 50 countries, and the territory of Tan Qiqi's version of the Western Regions Protectorate during the Han and Emperor periods included Wusun and Dawan, as shown below:

The territory of the Eastern Han Dynasty during the Han and Emperor dynasties covered an area of 11.57 million square kilometers

It is found in the historical document "Later Hanshu Western Regions Biography": "In six years, Ban Chao regained the attack and broke Yanqi, so more than fifty countries were subordinate to him. ”

In the same year, the Great Muyi Muyi subordinate. It is found in the "Book of the Later Han, Volume 87, Biography of the Western Qiang": "In the sixth year of the Emperor Yongyuan, the Qiang Hao of the Shu County Province led more than 500,000 people of the first class of the Qiang Dynasty, and worshipped the head as the chief of the Yi Jun and gave the seal silk." ”

The territory of the Eastern Han Dynasty during the Han and Emperor dynasties covered an area of 11.57 million square kilometers

Han and Emperor Liu Liao

In the seventh year of the Yongyuan Dynasty (95), the Han and Emperor Liu Zhao established Xianbei Dadu as the king of the people, and regarded it as a county of Han; It is found in the "Later Hanshu Southern Xiongnu Lineage": "The sixth year of the Yongyuan ... Ren Shang led Xianbei to protect Su Baxian and Wuhuan Lord Beke 8,000 horses, and wanted to attack Hou Yu Mangyi Valley and restore the great destruction. There are more than 17,000 levels before and after. ...... In the first month of the seventh year, the army returned ... Named Su Ba Xie as the king of the people. "Later Hanshu Hundred Official Records": "Lead all the kings, the marquis of Guiyi, the prince of Yi, and the chief of Yi, all have Cheng, Bijun County." ”

In the twelfth year of the Yongyuan Dynasty (100 years), the population of 170,000 people in White Wolf Yi and Lou Bo Yi belonged. "Later Hanshu Nanban Southwest Yi Lie": "In the twelfth year of Emperor Yongyuan, the white wolf of Xuanniu and the barbarian king of Loubo, Tang Jiao, etc., led 170,000 people to return to the righteous inner subordinates. The edict gave the gold seal and purple silk, and the small rich money had their own differences. ”

In the twelfth year of the Yongyuan Dynasty (100 years), the two domestic annexes of Monchi and Tule in the West (one in Central Asia and the other in Europe, inconclusive), found in the Later Han Shu Benji Xiao and Xiao Yan Emperor Ji": "Twelve years... In winter and November, the envoys of the Western Regions Mengqi and Tule sent envoys to give their kings a golden seal and purple silk. ”

The territory of the Eastern Han Dynasty during the Han and Emperor dynasties covered an area of 11.57 million square kilometers

In the 14th year of Yongyuan (102), He Qiang was burned, Xihai County was established, and Qinghai Lake was included in the territory. "Zizhi Tongjian Han Ji Forty": "The fourteenth year of Yongyuan... In the spring, the stability and the Qiang burned what kind of opposition, and the county soldiers destroyed it. When there was no Fuqiang on the left and right of the West Sea and the Big and Small Elm Valley, Cao Feng, said: "... Chen Yu thought it was appropriate to restore Xihai County at this time, regulate Eryu, and set up Tuntian..."Shangcongzhi, repair the former Xihai County, the western capital of Jincheng to Shuzhi, and Baifeng to the western capital of Jincheng, Tunlongqi." Later, Zengguang Tuntian, Lietunjia River, combined with thirty-four departments. ”